In the ASU reading program this instruction is directly addressed. We use sorts to target beginning, end, and middle sound awareness. Its similar to Words Their Way. If you are in the program you will learn all about it and apply it in the clinic. I did a research project last semester with a partner who's school used Letterland. She used this program mixed with sorts and I used sorts alone as an intervention strategy for our struggling emergent readers. 2/8 of these students were autistic. We both had significant gains with our students. All of my students (including my autistic child) had tremendous growth on our Dibels and TRC assessments at mid year. I highly recommend looking into if you're looking for effective word study for your students.

I read the article titled Reading Comprehension by Koppenhaver. The second half of this article consisted of research based interventions towards typical developing learners. What I shared with my... more

This sounds like a great program to me! I like that it includes multiple ways to communicate your answer, so students have to work on both written and oral skills but the teacher can go by their... more

I've used the Lindamood-Bell Phoneme program for introducing letters/sounds and I really liked it. You first introduce the sound and have the child repeat the sound you made, you talk about the way... more

Sara- I enjoyed reading your post about the strategies you read about and the correlation you saw in those strategies to Letterland. I work in a public separate school for students with moderate to... more

I have known people to love letter land and hate it. I think it just depends on the teacher and student and their strengths and weaknesses. I have seen letter land confuse some students while others... more

I personally like the use of Letterland in the classroom. I think it is a fun and engaging way for the students to interact with letters. I also think that the different characters that the letters... more

I must say that I have heard more people (parents, teachers, and professors) say they don't like Letterland than I have heard praises. I have not seen or read the effects, but I'm not too thrilled... more

Wow! Good to know! Thank you for sharing your positive experiences with using Letterland and those that are similar! I like the idea of using sorts. Getting the students interacted rather than just... more

I wonder about this too because I have heard some professors and classroom teachers who say that they don't like Letterland and others who love it. Maybe it just depends on how you use it? To make it ... more

I definitely agree! I believe this intervention needs to be tried on multiple students with diverse abilities and in different settings to base any assumptions on it. I thought the v for vultures... more